This isn't what you want to hear but others reading this with damaged finish they are thinking of repairing might find it helpful. If you don't have a game plan,ask advice BEFORE starting. If you have a game plan,before doing anything,wipe it thoughly with something meant for removing silicon. Exhaust all efforts before bringing stripper into the picture and before stripping,consider hireing a pro. I don't have any meaningful advice for this table but hopfully someone will.

Thanks for responding.

I did try several easier things before stripping. And, before stripping I cleaned with mineral spirits, degreaser, denatured alcohol, and TSP in hot water with microfiber. After TSP escpecially, the surface was extremely clean. I don't think I'll have any problems with silicone, but my game plan includes washcoat with shellac in any case.

I considered hiring a pro, but the fine light-colored scratches in the middle picture mostly couldn't be seen across the top surface of the finish, so they were defects below the finish. So I am pretty sure a pro had already sprayed some toning lacquer over these scratches, reducing their appearance but not eliminating them.

Just wondering if anyone has experience getting stain color out of scratches? Or if the color in these scratches will even matter if I use dye stain? I do have a game plan, and I have experience stripping and refinishing, but never on mahogany veneers like this.

I think you can improve things, but don't expect to make all that damage disappear. As for the scratches, what you probably have at the micro level is a bunch of torn wood fibers that have soaked up more finish (hence more pigment) than the adjacent, undamaged wood. Sanding would help, except for the fact that you will probably go right through the veneer and then have it look worse. Your best approach may be to apply a fairly dark gel stain, which should give you more uniformity, The darkness will help ameliorate the damage that will continue to show up as dark spots, but the balance will be how dark to go, because hiding the damage will also mean hiding more of that veneer grain.

Probably the easiest solution if you don't want the "rustic" look would be to re-veneer the top. Not too big a deal for someone with the equipment and skills; a fairly challenging first-time DIY project. I'd suggest getting enough material to do it twice if you take it on as a DIY. Lots of books, articles, and videos out there on how to do it.

I have almost exact same table! Same scratches too! 😬 I also used citristrip and ran out. Turned to brake fluid, worked great! Sanded it down and was going to re-stain it. Too much Red tone for the person I was doing it for. Tried to tone it down with green, it helped but not enough. I ended up painting it. Pedestal bottom was cream and the table top (which was a starburst pattern that I had to hand paint the wood grain😫) I painted a grayish green. Turned out nice. I was happy with it. You are correct, the veneer tops are super thin!! Have you tried wood bleaching the table top? I’m about to do the same thing with a mahogan piano bench. Check this video out, I watched it earlier today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4h4AEFPxwM

and a couple of pics of the table I did similar to yours!